Astronomy
Survey Finds 1000 Variable Stars in Nearby Galaxy
Image credit: ESO An international survey by the European Southern Observatory has uncovered more than 1000 luminous red variable stars…
Watch the Mars Explorer Launch Live
If you're going to be anywhere near a computer connected to the Internet on Tuesday, why not tune into NASA…
New Station Modules Arrive in Florida
Image credit: NASA Two major components of the International Space Station arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this…
Astronomers Begin a Massive Survey of the Milky Way
Image credit: RAVE Researchers from 11 countries are working together to measure the motion and composition of 50 million stars…
Closest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Discovered
Image credit: NRAO Gamma ray bursts (GRB) are the largest known explosions in the Universe; immensely powerful, quick to fade,…
Sea Launch Heads for the Equator
Image credit: Sea Launch The Odyssey Launch Platform and Sea Launch Commander set sail from their port in Los Angeles…
Astronomers Weigh a Pulsar’s Planets
Image credit: NASA A team of astronomers have weighed a group of planets orbiting a pulsar by precisely measuring their…
A View of the Universe Only 900 Million Years Old
Image credit: ESO A team of astronomers based in Hawaii have discovered a distant galaxy 12.8 billion light years away…
Satellite Accidently Spots a Gamma-Ray Burst
Image credit: NASA NASA's RHESSI satellite may have uncovered new clues about the most powerful explosions in the Universe when…
Astronomers Find a Supernova Factory
Image credit: NRAO Using the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), astronomers have discovered a recently exploded supernova…